Proverbs 29:25:2Prov.29.25.W2TAB
אָ֭דָם
adam
“man or humankind”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- man or humankind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-DAM
- clause
khe-RE-dat a-DAM yit-TEN mo-KESH
- sentence
khe-RE-dat a-DAM yit-TEN mo-KESH u-vo-TE-akh ba-ye-ho-VAH ye-su-GAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the construct chain kherdat adam {חֶרְדַּת אָדָם | ḥer-DAṯ ʾā-DAM} ‘fear of man’, where the feminine singular construct noun governs the following noun.
Root and etymology
א־ד־ם
“human, mankind”
In context — Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be set high.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 29:25, so the Hebrew word אָ֭דָם (adam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.29.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.25.W2.S1) and character.